[boost] Embedding copyright and licence information in plot .svg xml documents?

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-05 05:26:01

I have been study Jake Voytko's GSoC project producing graphs plots in Scalable Vector Graph format (very promising but needs some
edges smoothed off).

I've been adding a method for the program to add copyright information

at least as a comment,

"<!-- Copyright Paul A. Bristow, 2007  --> \n"

but also as meta data.

<meta name="copyright" content="Paul A. Bristow" />

I also wonder if it would be useful to add a licence using the example below?

Does anyone have an experience and/or views on this?

Thanks

Paul

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 // http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-SVG12-20041027/nonvisual.html
  // discusses primary documents, of type .svg in section 17.3
  // Adding Copyright information to an SVG document:
  /*
  SVG encourages the use of a common metadata format for inclusion of copyright information.
  Metadata relevant to the data copyright of the entire document
  should be added to metadata element of the topmost svg element.
  This allows the author to unambiguously state the licensing terms for the entire document.
  The scheme may also be used elsewhere in the document,
  for pieces that have different licensing. For example,
  an SVG font may have specific licensing details expressed in its own metadata element.
  Note that inclusion of this metadata does not provide the author with a method
  in which to protect or enforce their copyright,
  it simply bundles the copyright information with the content in a defined manner.
  Providing methods, technical or non-technical, for data protection
  is currently beyond the scope of the SVG specification.
  The suggested vocabulary for Copyright information is
  the Creative Commons Metadata Set.
  This does not exclude the use of other metadata schemes.
   http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Implement_Metadata
   <meta name="copyright" content="Paul A. Bristow" />
   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think18.html
   gives an example of using this:
   <metadata>
    <rdf:RDF xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
             xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
             xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
      <cc:work rdf:about="filename.svg">        
      <!-- insert filename or title here -->
      <dc:title>Plot title</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Boost.Plot</dc:creator>
      <dc:author>Paul A. Bristow</dc:author>
      <dc:format>application/xhtml+xml+svg</dc:format>
        <cc:license rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/">
           <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction"/>
           <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution"/>
           <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution"/>
           <cc:permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse"/>
        </cc:license>
      </cc:work>
    </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>
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Paul A Bristow
Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB
[phone] & SMS, Mobile [phone] & SMS
pbristow_at_[hidden]